Ashley is hosting Sports Direct's annual general meeting at
Shirebrook on Wednesday, and as part of the day, the company's
majority shareholder is taking investors and members of the press
on a tour of the warehouse facility that has been at the centre
of a scandal surrounding working conditions and low pay within
the company.

As Ashley entered the warehouse, he, like all other visitors, was
subject to a search procedure and required to empty his pockets.
Along with his phone and a few bits of paper, Ashley appeared to
have a surprisingly large number of £50 notes in his trouser
pocket:

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As he did so, a reporter commented: "There's a lot of cash
there!" Ashley quickly replied by joking that he'd "just been to
the casino."

Buzzfeed's Simon Neville managed to get a video of the incident,
which you can see below:

The tour of the Shirebrook facility was designed to give people a
glimpse into the usually secretive facility, which had been
compared to a "Victorian workhouse" in hearings during an
investigation into Sports Direct's working practices.